Re: DakaRand

[Giles Coochey <giles () coochey net>]

On 20/08/2012 16:32, Dan Kaminsky wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Paul Schmehl 
> <pschmehl_lists () tx rr com <mailto:pschmehl_lists () tx rr com>> wrote:
>
>     --On August 20, 2012 2:22:28 AM -0700 Dan Kaminsky
>     <dan () doxpara com <mailto:dan () doxpara com>> wrote:
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>
>         May I ask what FreeBSD's entropy sources are?
>
>
>     I'm surprised you don't already know.  From device noise.
>
>
> Which class?  There are many sorts of said noise (most of which I 
> believe actually work).
Not in answer to your questions, and not specific to FreeBSD, but the 
following book "Silence on the Wire" provides a good discussion in the 
weaknesses of systems lacking in entropy.

http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/silence.shtml#/

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